different between aspect vs talent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspectus (“look, sight; appearance”), from aspici? (“see; catch sight of; inspect”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speci? (“look, look at, behold; observe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æsp?kt/
• Hyphenation: as?pect

Noun

aspect (plural aspects)

1. Any specific feature, part, or element of something.

   Synonym: facet

2. The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
3. The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
4. A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
5. One's appearance or expression. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: appearance, look, blee
6. Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.

7. Prospect; outlook.
   • 1643, John Evelyn, Diary

     This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended ; nor does it deceive us ; for it is handsomely built ...

8. (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding. [from 19th c.]
9. (astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope. [from 14th c.]
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book X, lines 656 to 664.
10. (religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
11. (obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze. [14th-19th c.]
    • 1590, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, 924:

      The tradition is no less ancient, that the basilisk killeth by aspect ; and that the wolf, if he see a man first, by aspect striketh a man hoarse.

    • 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 1:

      ... his aspect was bent on the ground with an appearance of deep dejection, which might be almost construed into apathy, ...

12. (obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
    • 1684, Thomas Burnet, The Theory of the Earth, Vol 1, Chapter IX.

      They are both in my judgment the image or picture of a great Ruine, and have the true aspect of a World lying in its rubbish.

    • 1855, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II, Vol. IV, Chapter XVIII

      Three days later he opened the parliament. The aspect of affairs was, on the whole, cheering.

13. (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
14. (rail transport) The visual indication of a colour light (or mechanical) signal as displayed to the driver. With colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green.

Hyponyms

• (grammar): grammatical aspect, aorist aspect, iterative aspect, perfective aspect, imperfective aspect, semelfactive aspect, progressive aspect, perfect aspect; lexical aspect

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• (grammar): aspectuality
• (grammar): Aktionsart, aktionsart

Verb

aspect (third-person singular simple present aspects, present participle aspecting, simple past and past participle aspected)

1. (astrology, of a planet) To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
2. (Wicca) To channel a divine being.
3. (obsolete) To look at.

References

• aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Grammatical aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “aspect”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• aspect at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Glossary of United Kingdom railway terms on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• epacts, escap't

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aspect, from Middle French aspect, from Latin aspectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sp?kt/, /?s?p?kt/
• Hyphenation: as?pect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

aspect n (plural aspecten, diminutive aspectje n)

1. aspect, element
2. aspect, appearance
3. (linguistics) aspect (grammatical category)

Derived terms

• aspectueel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: aspek
• ? Indonesian: aspek

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspectus. The grammatical sense is a semantic loan from Russian ??? (vid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.p?/
• Rhymes: -?
• Homophone: aspects

Noun

aspect m (plural aspects)

1. aspect
2. (grammar) aspect (grammatical quality of a verb)

Further reading

• “aspect” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aspect, Latin aspectus.

Noun

aspect n (plural aspecte)

1. aspect, look

Synonyms

• înf??i?are

English

Etymology

From Middle English talent, from Old English talente, borrowed from the plural of Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (tálanton, “balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent”). Compare Old High German talenta (“talent”). Later senses from Old French talent (“talent, will, inclination, desire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæl?nt/
• (UK, also) IPA^(key): /?tal?nt/
• Hyphenation: tal?ent

Noun

talent (plural talents)

1. A marked natural ability or skill. [from 15^thc.]

2. (historical) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East. [from 9^thc.]
   • 1611, Authorized Version, Matthew XXV 14-15:

     For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

3. (obsolete) A desire or inclination for something. [14^th-16^thc.]
4. (business, media, sports) People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person. [from 19^thc.]

5. (slang) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness. [from 20^thc.]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:skill

Derived terms

• talent scout

Translations

Further reading

• talent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• talent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• antlet, latent, latten

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (tálanton).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /t??lent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /t??len/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ta?lent/

Noun

talent m (plural talents)

1. talent (Greek money)
2. talent (skill)
3. hunger

   Synonym: gana

Derived terms

• atalentat
• talentós

Further reading

• “talent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum.

Noun

talent m

1. talent (unit of weight)
2. talent (actual or potential ability)

Synonyms

• (ability): nadání n

Related terms

• talentovaný

Further reading

• talent in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• talent in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Talent (“talent”), from Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (tálanton, “balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tal?nt/, [ta?l?n?d?]

Noun

talent n (singular definite talentet, plural indefinite talenter)

1. talent (potential or factual ability to perform a skill better than most people)

Inflection

See also

• talent on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

From Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (tálanton, “balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tal?nt/, [ta?l?n?d?]

Noun

talent c (singular definite talenten, plural indefinite talenter)

1. talent (unit of weight and money)

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch talent, from Old French talent, from Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (tálanton, “a particular weight, balance”), from Proto-Indo-European *tl?h?ent-, from *telh?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta??l?nt/
• Hyphenation: ta?lent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

talent n (plural talenten, diminutive talentje n)

1. talent (gift, quality, capability)
2. (historical) talent (ancient weight, value of money or coin)

Derived terms

• met zijn talenten woekeren
• natuurtalent
• talentenjacht
• talentvol

Descendants

• Afrikaans: talent

Anagrams

• latten

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ???????? (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.l??/

Noun

talent m (plural talents)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece) a talent (an obsolete unit of weight or money)
2. a talent, a gift, a knack

Derived terms

• talentueux

Further reading

• “talent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• latent

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin talentum.

Noun

talent n (definite singular talentet, indefinite plural talent or talenter, definite plural talenta or talentene)

1. (a) talent

Derived terms

• talentfull

References

• “talent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin talentum

Noun

talent n (definite singular talentet, indefinite plural talent, definite plural talenta)

1. (a) talent

Derived terms

• talentfull

References

• “talent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• talant

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”).

Noun

talent m (oblique plural talenz or talentz, nominative singular talenz or talentz, nominative plural talent)

1. desire; wish (to do something)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta.l?nt/

Noun

talent m inan

1. talent, gift
2. (historical) talent (ancient unit of weight and money)

Declension

Noun

talent m pers

1. (metonymically) talented person

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French talente

Noun

talent n (plural talente)

1. talent

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnian, Serbian): tàlenat

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?lent/
• Hyphenation: ta?lent

Noun

tàlent m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. (Croatia) talent

Declension

Welsh

Alternative forms

• talen (colloquial)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?tal?nt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?ta?l?nt/, /?tal?nt/

Etymology 1

talu +? -ent

Verb

talent

1. (literary) third-person plural imperfect/conditional of talu

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin talentum.

Noun

talent m (plural talentau or talenti or talennau)

1. ability, aptitude
2. talent (“coin”)

Derived terms

• talentog (“talented”)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “talent”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies